hours. we would never leave a paper trail of what we were doing. they even gave lazarus a code name number 5. and contrary to police procedure, they decided not to tell lapd headquarters that their new suspect was a fellow detective. you re doing that to protect her or to protect your investigation from her? dual purpose. it would protect the integrity of the investigation, and if she was not involved, then nobody would ever know about it. four cops knowingly skirted department rules to investigate one of their own. it was a difficult phase of her careers. she was one of us. she worked our unit. had worked side-by-side with the people around us. but nuttall and his three fellow detectives didn t waiver. they methodically built a case by exhaustingly the original files and interviewing
trail of what we were doing. reporter: they even gave lazarus a code name number 5. and contrary to police procedure, they decided not to tell lapd headquarters that their new suspect was a fellow detective. you re doing that to protect her or to protect your investigation from her? dual purpose. it would protect the integrity of the investigation and if she was not involved, then nobody would mp knever know about it. reporter: four cops knowingly department rules to investigate one of their own. it was a difficult phase of her careers. she was one of us. she worked our unit. had worked side-by-side with the people around us. reporter: but nutall and his three fellow detectives didn t waiver. they methodically built a case by exhaustingly the original files and interviewing sherri s friends and family and it became clear to them that stephanie
trail of what we were doing. they even gave lazarus a code name. number five. and contrary to police procedure they decided to not tell l.a.p.d. headquarters that their new suspect was a fellow detective. you are doing it to protect her or to protect your investigation from her? dual purpose. it would protect the integrity of the investigation and if she was not involved, then nobody would ever know about it. four cops, knowingly skirted department rules to investigate one of their own. it was a difficult phase of our careers. she was one of us. she worked our unit. had worked side-by-side with the people around us. but nutall and his three fellow detectives did not waiver. they methodically built a case by exhaustively reviewing the original files and interviewing sherry s friends and family. it became clear to them that stephanie lazarus had the means,
they even gave lazarus a code name number five. and contrary to police procedure, they decided not to tell lapd headquarters that their new suspect was a fellow detective. you re doing that to protect her or to protect your investigation from her? dual purpose. it would protect the integrity of the investigation. if she was not involved, nobody would ever know about it. four cops knowingly skirted department rules to investigate one of their own. it was a difficult phase of our careers. she was one of us. she worked our unit. had worked side by side with the people around us. but nutall and these three fellow detectives didn t waver. they built a case by exhaustedly reviewing files and interviewing sherri s fence and family. if became clear to them that stephanie lazarus had the means, the motive, and the opportunity
station. we were going to work behind closed doors. we were going to work after hours. we would never leave a paper trail of what we were doing. they even gave lazarus a code name. number 5. and contrary to police procedure, they decided not to tell lapd headquaters that their new suspect was a fellow detective. you re doing that to protect her or your investigation from her? dual purpose. it would protect the integrity of the investigation and if she was not involved, then nobody would ever know about it. four cops skirted department rules to investigate one of their own. it was a difficult phase of our careers. she was one of us. she worked our unit. worked side by side with the people around us. but he and his three fellow detectives didn t waiver. they methodically built a case by exhaustively reviewing the